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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
PEACE CORPS WEEK
2006
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our nation's commiunent to
encourage progress, create oppottunity, and expand development at the grass-roots level in the developing
world; and
WHEREAS, more than 182,000 Americans have served as Peace.Corps'Volunteers in 138
counlries since 1961; and
WHEREAS, over the past 45 years, 3,164 men and women from the state of North Carolina have
responded to our nation 's call to serve by joining the Peace Corps; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Volunteers have made significant and lasting conlributions around the
world in agriculture, business development, information technology, education, health and HN I AIDS,
and the environment, and have improved the lives of iodividuals and communities around the world; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Volunteers have strengthened lhe ties of friendship and understanding
between the people of lhe United States and those of other couolries; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Voluoteers, eoriched by their experiences overseas, have brought their
communities throughout the United States a deeper understanding of other cultures and traditions, thereby
bringing a domestic dividend to our nation; and
WHEREAS, it is indeed fittiog to recognize the achievements of the Peace Corps and honor its
Volunteers, past and present, and reaffirm our country's commitment to helping people help themselves
throughout the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hen~hv. Fe l>m:arv 27 -March 5, 2006, as "PEACE CORPS WEEK" in North Carolina, and
to all citizens.
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
the Capitol in Raleigh this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord two
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
PEACE CORPS WEEK
2006
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our nation's commiunent to
encourage progress, create oppottunity, and expand development at the grass-roots level in the developing
world; and
WHEREAS, more than 182,000 Americans have served as Peace.Corps'Volunteers in 138
counlries since 1961; and
WHEREAS, over the past 45 years, 3,164 men and women from the state of North Carolina have
responded to our nation 's call to serve by joining the Peace Corps; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Volunteers have made significant and lasting conlributions around the
world in agriculture, business development, information technology, education, health and HN I AIDS,
and the environment, and have improved the lives of iodividuals and communities around the world; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Volunteers have strengthened lhe ties of friendship and understanding
between the people of lhe United States and those of other couolries; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps Voluoteers, eoriched by their experiences overseas, have brought their
communities throughout the United States a deeper understanding of other cultures and traditions, thereby
bringing a domestic dividend to our nation; and
WHEREAS, it is indeed fittiog to recognize the achievements of the Peace Corps and honor its
Volunteers, past and present, and reaffirm our country's commitment to helping people help themselves
throughout the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hen~hv. Fe l>m:arv 27 -March 5, 2006, as "PEACE CORPS WEEK" in North Carolina, and
to all citizens.
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
the Capitol in Raleigh this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord two
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.